| First Line |
Page |
Verses |
| Peaceful slumb'ring on the ocean (fl) |
3 |
6 |
| Oh! love is the soul of a neat Irishman (fl) |
4-5 |
4 |
| Adieu! adieu! my only life (fl) |
5-6 |
3 |
| How blest the life a sailor leads (fl) |
6-7 |
3 |
| Dogs began to bark, The (fl) |
7-8 |
4 |
| Loud roar'd the dreadful thunder (fl) |
8-9 |
4 |
| Blessing unknown to ambition and pride, A (fl) |
9-10 |
2 |
| O'er barren hills and flow'ry dales (fl) |
10 |
3 |
| Alone to the banks of the dark-rolling Danube (fl) |
11 |
3 |
| Life's like a ship in constant motion (fl) |
12 |
4 |
| Cold blew the wind, no gleam of light (fl) |
13 |
4 |
| I'm call'd honest Ben, but for what I don't know (fl) |
14 |
4 |
| Let Fame sound the trumpet, and cry, to the war (fl) |
15 |
4 |
| When thirst of gold enslaves the mind (fl) |
15-16 |
4 |
| Sweet is the ship that, under sail (fl) |
16-17 |
4 |
| Tell me Maria, tell me true (fl) |
17 |
2 |
| My merry gentle people (fl) |
18-19 |
5 |
| Hail Liberty, supreme delight (fl) |
19-20 |
4 |
| In Glasgow Town my Mither dwells (fl) |
20-21 |
3 |
| Trees seem to fade as yon dear spot I'm viewing, The (fl) |
21-22 |
3 |
| While I hang on your bosom distracted to lose you (fl) |
22 |
4 |
| Last week I took a wife (fl) |
23 |
3 |
| Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (fl) |
23-24 |
3 |
| Come each gallant lad (fl) |
24-25 |
6 |
| Glasses sparkle on the board, The (fl) |
25-26 |
3 |
| Go patter to lubbers and swabs do you see (fl) |
26-28 |
4 |
| Fair Sally, once the village pride (fl) |
28 |
3 |
| I'm parish clerk and sexton here (fl) |
29 |
|
| Why does azure deck the sky? (fl) |
30 |
3 |
| Says Ella to her love remember (fl) |
30-31 |
3 |
| Tear of soft sympathy flow'd from my eye, The (fl) |
31 |
3 |
| Fairest flow'rets bring, The (fl) |
32 |
4 |
| Sea was calm, the sky serene, The (fl) |
33 |
3 |
| Wealthy fool, with gold in store, The (fl) |
33-34 |
3 |
| Oh! the land of sweet Erin's a land of delight (fl) |
34-35 |
3 |
| Oft have I wandered o'er mountain and moor (fl) |
35-36 |
4 |
| All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd (fl) |
37 |
5 |
| Stay, lady---stay for mercy's sake (fl) |
38-39 |
10 |
| Just like love is yonder rose (fl) |
39 |
4 |
| When in death I shall calm recline (fl) |
40 |
3 |
| Thou dear seducer of my heart (fl) |
40-41 |
6 |
| Streamlet that flow'd round her cot, The (fl) |
41 |
2 |
| Where shall the lover rest (fl) |
42-43 |
4 |
| Top-sails shiver in the wind, The (fl) |
43-44 |
4 |
| I was the boy for bewitching 'em (fl) |
44 |
3 |
| One kind kiss before we part (fl) |
45 |
3 |
| With my pipe in one hand and my jug in the other (fl) |
45 |
2 |
| Captain bold, in Halifax, A (fl) |
46-47 |
4 |
| How imperfect is expression (fl) |
47 |
3 |
| Soldier slumb'ring after war, The (fl) |
48 |
3 |
| There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin (fl) |
48-50 |
5 |
| Ye winds and ye waves, bear my sorrows away (fl) |
50 |
3 |
| Ize a Yorkshireman just come to town (fl) |
51-52 |
7 |
| Faint and wearliy the way-worn traveller (fl) |
53 |
2 |
| Landlady of France, she lov'd an officer, 'tis said, A (fl) |
53-54 |
2 |
| Begone, dull care, I pray thee begone from me (fl) |
54 |
2 |
| While around the festive board (fl) |
55-57 |
8 |
| Does the harp of Rosa slumber? (fl) |
57 |
1 |
| Ah! what is the bosom's commotion (fl) |
58 |
2 |
| O take me to your arms my love, for keen the wind doth blow (fl) |
58-59 |
3 |
| Oh! take me to your arms my love (fl) |
59-60 |
3 |
| When the standard of war Columbia rais'd high (fl) |
60-61 |
4 |
| 'Twas post meridian, half past four (fl) |
61-62 |
6 |
| Though I am but a very little lad (fl) |
63 |
3 |
| When America first, at Heaven's command (fl) |
64-65 |
8 |
| Oh! think on my fate, once I freedom enjoy'd (fl) |
65-66 |
3 |
| When seated with Sal, all my messmates around (fl) |
66-67 |
3 |
| Great way off at sea, when at home I benne (fl) |
67-68 |
6 |
| When we dwell on the kiss of a lass we adore (fl) |
68 |
2 |
| Major M'Pherson heav'd a sigh (fl) |
69 |
4 |
| Farewell to America, dear Mary, Adieu (fl) |
70 |
3 |
| Oh, whack! Cupid's a Mannikin (fl) |
70-71 |
2 |
| When Steerwell heard me first impart (fl) |
71-72 |
3 |
| Without the help of gamut, note, demisemiquaver, crochet or minim (fl) |
73-74 |
6 |
| Och! long life to the girls who revive without pother (fl) |
75-76 |
5 |
| Now we're all met here together (fl) |
76-78 |
3 |
| I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd (fl) |
78-79 |
4 |
| Sure won't you hear what roaring cheer (fl) |
79-82 |
6 |
| To Anacreon in Heav'n, where he sat in full glee (fl) |
82-84 |
6 |
| From the white blossom'd sloe, my dear Chloe requested (fl) |
84-85 |
2 |
| When we took our departure from Dublin's fam'd city (fl) |
85-86 |
4 |
| On Africa's wide plains where the lion now roaring (fl) |
86-87 |
6 |
| Believe me, believe me, in country or town (fl) |
88-89 |
2 |
| I vonsh vash but a pedlar, and my shop vash in my box (fl) |
90-91 |
5 |
| Rose-tree in full bearing, A (fl) |
92-93 |
6 |
| Oh! Hush the soft sigh, maid, and dry the sweet tear (fl) |
93 |
3 |
| Blithe Sandy is a bonny boy (fl) |
94 |
3 |
| 'Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town (fl) |
95 |
3 |
| Stay sweet enchanter of the grove (fl) |
96 |
3 |
| How sweet in the woodland (fl) |
96-97 |
2 |
| Day is departed and round from the clouds, The (fl) |
97 |
3 |
| What shall we have for supper Mrs. Bond (fl) |
98 |
5 |
| On Richmond hill there lives a lass (fl) |
98-99 |
3 |
| O listen, listen to the voice of love (fl) |
99 |
3 |
| Tuneful lavrocs cheer the grove, The (fl) |
100 |
4 |
| Tho' muses ne'er smile by the light of the sun (fl) |
100-101 |
3 |
| When earth's foundation first was laid (fl) |
101-102 |
5 |
| Come buy of poor Mary, primroses I sell (fl) |
102 |
3 |
| Bright Phoebus has mounted his chariot of day (fl) |
103 |
3 |
| I that once was a ploughman, a sailor am now (fl) |
103-105 |
4 |
| Smiling morn, the breathing spring, The (fl) |
106 |
4 |
| One day I heard Mary say (fl) |
107 |
4 |
| When first I ken'd young Sandy's face (fl) |
108 |
5 |
| Lass of Peatie's mill, The (fl) |
109 |
4 |
| Moon had climb'd the highest hill, The (fl) |
110 |
4 |
| Fame, let thy trumpet sound (fl) |
111-112 |
6 |
| Blyth young Bass to Jean did say (fl) |
112-114 |
4 |
| Farewell to Lochaber, and farewell my Jane (fl) |
114 |
3 |
| Come under my plaidy, the nights gaun to fa' (fl) |
115-116 |
6 |
| I lo'e ne'er a laddie but ane (fl) |
116-117 |
5 |
| Roy's wife of Aldivaloch (fl) |
118 |
4 |
| Fields were green, the hills were gay, The (fl) |
118-119 |
3 |
| Cease, rude Boreas, blust'ring railer! (fl) |
119-121 |
9 |
| My Pattie is a lover gay (fl) |
121-122 |
3 |
| As an old Jackdaw, and a young Jackdaw (fl) |
122-123 |
5 |
| Will ye gang o'er the lee-rig (fl) |
124-125 |
5 |
| Jack Binnacle met with an old shipmate (fl) |
125-127 |
4 |
| Said a smile to a tear (fl) |
127-128 |
3 |
| Thimble's scolding wife lay dead (fl) |
128 |
4 |
| Will you come to the bow'r I have shaded for you? (fl) |
129 |
4 |
| Will you promise with roses no thorns there shall be (fl) |
129-130 |
2 |
| When freshly blows the northern gale (fl) |
130-131 |
3 |
| Beam of tranquility smil'd in the west, A (fl) |
131-132 |
7 |
| Jack Steadfast and I were both messmates at sea (fl) |
132-133 |
3 |
| Ye sons of Free Columbia, whose fathers dared the waves (fl) |
133-134 |
5 |
| Brittannia's gallant streamers (fl) |
134-136 |
7 |
| Let glory proclaim to the hills of the west (fl) |
136-138 |
9 |
| Banner of Freedom high floated unfurl'd, The (fl) |
138-140 |
12 |